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<evt'n-sixteenths.  If  this  be  a  true  nut,  the  position  in  which  it  was  found  is  le- 
inarliable.  Thougli  exactly  like  feiruf^inous  noilules  of  the  neijjhborin)^  coal  meas- 
ures, it  cannot  be  supjiosed  to  belong  to  paleozoic  time.  It  miy;li(.  iiowever.  Iielong 
to  the  Dacotah  sandstt)ne  of  mezozoic  times,  li"  so.  it  will  l>e  another  fact  pointing 
towards  a  more  eastern  extension  of  the  cretaceous  formatiims  than  their  present 
outcrop  indicates.  Still,  the  writer  has  found  a  large  inocerainus  in  a  creek  bed 
eight  miles  east  of  Manhattan,  and  Dacotali  grave!  in  Atchison  county.  Bits  ot 
chalk  are  not  uncommon  in  secondary  drift,  'i'lie  distance  to  wliich  such  concretions 
might  be  carried  by  iiuaternary  agencies  (or  tertiary)  is  not  easy  to  tix.  and  it  may 
be  that  the  carriage  of  our  fossil  is  nearly  from  the  present  outcrop  of  the  Dacotah 
formation,  though  how  it  crossed  the  high  ridge  of  llu'  Flint  hills  is  still  a  dilliculty. 


NOTKS  AND  DESCRIFnONS  OF  NOKTII  AMKlilCAN  TAHANID.K. 

liV     S.     W.    WII.I.ISI'ON.     I'il.  D. 

.'.  review  of  my  material  in  the  family  Tabunidiv  has  furnisiied  occasion  for  notes 
<ji  more  or  less  interest,  and  the  description  of  a  number  of  sjjecies  which  I  believe 
to  be  new.  This  material,  including  one  hunilred  and  ten  si)ecies,  has  enabled  me  to 
identify  with  as.surance  most  of  the  kn  )wn  si)ecies  —  a  task  tluil  has  been  greatly 
lightened  by  Osten  Sacken's  thorough  work  in  this  family. 

It  is  of  interest  to  note  that,  hitherto,  not  a  single  one  of  our  species  in  this  fam- 
ily has  been  found  identical  with  a  European  one,  a  .statement  that  I  think  cannot 
be  made  of  any  other  dipterous  family  of  any  size.  The  North  American  T.Jiavipfs 
Wied.  iias,  it  is  true,  been  discovered  from  annmg  specimens  from  tiie  Amoor  in 
eastern  Siberia,  by  Brauer,  in  company  with  a  S2)ecies  common  to  Europe;  but  this 
is,  I  believe,  the  only  known  instance  in  wliich  the  habitats  of  any  European  and 
American  species  have  been  found  to  be  anywhere  in  coTUinon, 

The  characters  given  by  Osten  Sacken  for  the  disruption  of  Tdlnmns  into  the 
smaller  groups,  Theriojjli'ctefi  and  Afijlofus,  though  of  importance,  are  insullicient.  I 
believe,  to  warrant  their  use  as  generic  characters.  The  genus  .Mulofus.  ( )sten  Sacken 
based  chiefly  upon  tlie  absence  of  the  oceDar  tubercle  and  the  presence  of  ocular 
pilosity.  but  that  he  did  not  accept  these  characters  himself  as  the  chief  generic  dis 
tinctions  is  shown  conclusively  by  his  final  lo'-ation  of  T.  h'lwiniranUii  Wi.'d.  and  '/'. 
cerastes  O.  S.,  both  with  the  above-given  peculiarities,  under  Talxtnus  sriisn  stricfit. 
On  the  other  hand,  other  minor  ditTerences  given  for  this  genus  Brauer  states  are  not 
applicable  to  the  Euro|)ean  species.  In  some  cases  the  ocellar  tul)ercle  is  a  distinct 
and  easily  appreciable  character,  but  in  others  it  is  nearly  or  ijuite  impossible  to 
decide  whether  a  given  species  has  or  has  not  such  a  tuliercle.  Certainly,  in  my  early 
experience  in  the  use  of  tiie  table  prefixed  to  Osten  Sacken's  I'rodrome.  no  character 
was  a  greater  source  of  doubt  to  me  than  the  present  Tlie  character,  moreover,  is 
a  sexual  one,  the  ocellar  tubercle  being  present  in  males  where  it  is  absent  in  females. 
For  these  reasons  I  have  rejected  Therinplectes  and  Atylotus  as  genera,  thougii  the 
retention  of  the  names  is  desirable  as  expressing  in  many  species  certain  definite 
groups  of  characters. 

As  usual  in  collections,  I  have  bui  few  males  for  comparison,  but  it  is  possible 
that  a  character  of  some  value  may  be  found  in  ti>e  claws,  pulvilli  and  empodia. 
Whether  they  are  enlarged  in  all  males,  I  do  not  know;  certainly  they  are  in  many. 

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KANSAS  Academy  of  Science. 


Panoonia  uasa  Loew.  I'ANfJONIA. 

Three  female  specimens  from  Connecticut.  The  palpi  in  this  species  are  very 
slender,  and  the  legs  of  my  specimens  seem  to  be  lighter  colored  than  they  are  de- 
scribed. 

Panoonia  tkanquilla  Osten  Saeken. 

A  male  specimen  from  New  York  aj^rces  well  with  the  description:  the  palpi  are 
noticeably  shorter  than  in  the  males  of  any  other  species  known  to  me. 

Panoonia  feka,  n.  sp. 

Male:  Length  12  mm.  Black:  eyes  bare:  prob(»sciG  longer  than  the  tibiie;  basal 
sej^ments  of  abd«)men  yellowish  red  on  the  sides  and  hind  margin:  wings  brownisli 
subhyaline,  first  posterior  cell  open:  face  brownish  gray,  with  black  pile:  first  two 
joints  of  antenna'  black,  with  black  hairs:  palpi  slender,  black,  with  loose  black 
hair;  ocelli  present.  Proboscis  black;  labellie  smill;  dorsum  of  thorax  brownish 
black,  with  some  grayish  dust,  and  blackish  pile;  pleura*  with  some  yellowish  pile 
above;  abdomen  black,  with  black  ;)ile.  the  three  basal  segments  broadly  on  the  sides, 
and  wholly  on  the  venter,  yellowish  red;  second,  third  and  fourth  segments  with  the 
posterior  margin  yeHow.  fringed  with  golden  pih  :  wings  brownish  subhyaline,  more 
distinctly  cloudeJ  in  front  toward  the  stigma;  costal  and  subcostal  cells  luteous  yel- 
low; legs  wholly  black,  with  black  pile. 

One  specimen,  Mt.  Hood.  <  )r.  Is  nearest  allied  to  P.  tramiiiilla  ().  S.,  but  the  more 
slender  palpi  and  the  black  pilosity  will  readi'v*  distinguish  it;  the  proboscis  is  ilso 
distinctly  longer. 

Panoonia  incisubalis  Say  {P.  incisa,  Wiedemann). 

One  specimen,  from  New  Mexico.  This  species  will  be  readily  recognized  by  the 
elongate  proboscis,  small  labellte,  fasciate  abdomen,  and  closed  first  posterior  cell. 

Panoonia  chrysocoma  Osten  Saeken. 

A  single  male  specimen,  from  New  York,  is  evidently  of  this  species,  though  the 
sides  of  the  abdomen  are  largely  yellow.  The  author  does  not  meniion  the  slender 
yellow  palpi,  clothed  with  long,  loose,  black  pile.  The  front  tarsi,  especially  the  first 
joints,  are  more  slender  than  usual. 

Panoonia  dives,  n.sp. 

Female:  Length  l;{  la  mm.  Head  yellowish  gray,  the  front  more  brownish. 
Anteniue  reddish  yellow,  the  annulate  portion  of  the  third  joint  largely  black.  Palpi 
yellowish  red.  at  the  base  with  light-colored  pile,  otherwise  with  short  black,  more 
or  less  intermixed  with  white  hair.  Prt)boscis  about  as  long  as  the  head,  not  ex- 
tending much  beyond  ^he  palpi,  the  labellie  large.  Ocelli  present.  Dorsum  of 
thorax  covered  with  nearly  uniform  brownish  or  yellowish  gray  dust,  nearly  conceal- 
ing the  black  ground-color;  pubescence  short,  appressed.  light  yellowish.  Pleurie 
rather  tliickly  gray  pollinose  and  pilose.  Scutellum  like  ihe  thoracic  dorsum,  pile 
light  yellow.  Abdomen  brownish  yellow,  the  anterior  part  i»f  the  segments  brownish 
or  blackish,  with  more  or  less  short  black  liair.  the  posterior  part  and  margin  with 
light  yeUow  hair.  Legs  reddisli  yellow,  tlie  tibiie  somewhat,  the  tarsi  more,  brownish. 
Wings  nearly  hyaline,  the  costal  and  subcostal  cells  yellowish;  all  the  posterior  cells 
open,  second  submarginal  cell  appendiculate. 

Male:  Eyes  distinctly  pubescent.  Face  and  the  slender  palpi  with  long,  abun- 
dant, light  yellowish  hair,  near  the  tip  of  the  latter  black.  Thorax  with  rather  abun- 
dant light  yellow  pile. 

One  male  and  four  females.  California.  The  eyes  in  life  appear  to  be  uniformly 
green,  or  purplish  green.  The  basal  abdominal  segments  of  the  male  are  only  faintly 
brownish  anteriorly,  with  a  black  spo*,  clad  with  black  hair,  near  the  middle.     An- 


NINETEENTH  ANNUAL  MEETING.  Jgl 

other  liiale,  from  WashinKtou  Territory,  wliich  I  believe  to  be  of  the  same  specie,  is 
much  darker,  the  abdominal  segments  dark  reddish  brown  and  black  pilose,  the  hind 
margins  yellowish,  with  a  fringe  of  light  yeUow  pile.  The  pile  <.f  the  body  seen.s 
longer,  that  <m  the  dorsum  of  the  thorax  intermixed  with  blackish,  and  the  black  of 
the  antenme  is  better  marked.  The  species  is  nearest  allied  to  />.  phjra  ().  S  There 
are,  however,  no  d.,rsal  thoracic  stripes,  the  pollen  being  nearly  uniform,  the  second 
submarginal  cell  is  appendiculate,  etc. 

SILVIUS. 

iMLVIUH    GIOANTULUS    LoeW. 

This  species  seems  to  be  very  common  in  the  West.     I  have  specimens  from 
^\  ashington  Territory,  California,  Colorado,  and  New  Mexico. 

SiLvius  (^tJADRiviTTATUH  Say,  Joum.  Acad.  Phil,  iii,  8;},  1 ;  Compl.  Wr.  ii.  'A  {rhry.ops] : 
Wiedemann,  Auss.  zweitl.  Ins.  i,  L'OO,  i»  (id.) 
A  female  specimen  from  California  agrees  so  well  with  the' descriptions  of  this 
species  that  I  refer  it  here.    The  chief  ground  for  doubt  in  the  determination,  is  the 
difference  of  locality.  Say's  specimen   being   from   "Near  the   Rockv  Mountains" 
This  is,  however,  of  little  moment,  in  consideration  of  the  fact  that  so  many  of  the 
species  of  the  Californian  fauna  reappear  in  Colorad,).     The  species  differs' from  S 
l>ollinosus  Will,  in  being  darker  throughout,  in  the  antenna-  being  m<,re  slender    in 
the  dorsum  of  the  thorax  having  gray  stripes  on  a  black  ground,  and  in  the  four 
abdominal  stripes  being  better  marked. 

SiLvius  POLLINOHUS  Willistou.  Traus.  Connecticut  Acad,  iv,  244— Western  Kansa« 

Additional  specimens  of  this  species  differ  from  the  types  in  their  much  larger 
size  (11  12  mm.)  The  wings  have  a  whitish  appearance  and  light-colored  veins  the 
small  clouds  on  the  cross-veins  darker  and  more  conspicuous,  with  none  on  the 
course  of  the  veins  themselves.  I  hardly  think  it  probable  that  this  is  the  ri,n,s„ps 
qnadriviUatns  of  Say  and  Wiedemann,  since  there  are  no  blackish  stripes  on  the 
dorsum  of  tlie  thorax.  As  regards  the  generic  location  of  both  this  and  the  pre- 
ceding species,  there  may  be  a  cjuestion.  The  structure  is  quite  like  thai  of  S.  ghian- 
tidus,  but  the  general  appearance  is  very  different.  The  eyes,  as  revived  over' wet 
sand,  show  the  characteristic  markings  of  Sihiiis,  that  is.  numerous  irregularly  scat- 
tered black  dots  over  a  green  background.  The  species  must  resemble  those  of  the 
European  Nemorius  Kondani,  and  may  perhaps  belong  there.  The  third  joint  of 
the  antenniv,  however,  is  considerably  longer  than  the  first  two  together. 

Al'ATdJ.ESTi;!?. 
Williston,  Entom.  Americana,  i,  12,  IHHr.. 
Apatolestes  COMA8TE8  Willistou,  1.  c— Caliiomiu. 

f'HRYSOPS. 

srCIM.KSIF.STAKV    TAHIK  OK  Sl'ElIKS. 

1.  Cross-band  obsolescent ;   abdomen  black Ni(»RimMBO  Whitnev. 

Cross-band  distinct ',, 

2.  Apex  of  wing  beyond  cross-band  hyaline 3 

Costal  margin  beyond  cross-band  more  ov  less  infuscated ,.[,      4 

3.  Second  basal  cell  infuscated  on  extreme  basal  part;  abdominal  segments  with 

posterior  gray  borders sordiduh  ().  S. 

Second  basal  cell  largely  infuscated:  abdominal  segments  without  posterior  gray 

borders „,,  .  * 

cucLUX  VVhitney. 


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4    Fir.t  basal  cell  hyaliuf;  tir.t  auteunal  joint  thickened  (San  Doming.). 

Fbazari,  n.sp. 

5 
First  basal  cell  largely  infuscated 

-..  Second  basal  cell  inf  uscated  on  the  proximal  third  or  beyond '^ 

Second  basal  cell  hyaline 

0    Prevailing  color  of  body  black;  palpi  blackish • 

Prevailing  color  of  body  brownish  yellow;  palpi  reddish fulvastku  «..  ». 

,,,,,,  I'EBTINAX,   U.sp. 

7.  Abdomen  wholly  black 

i-ides  of  first  and  second  abdominal  segments  red noctifeb     .  n. 

«.  Fust  antennal  joint  distinctly  thickened pachycera,  n.sp. 

First  joint  not  distinctly  thickened 

^,       ,.       ,  „  .,  uiscALia  Will. 

'  .  A  hyaline  spot  in  the  discal  cell 

No  hyaline  spot  in  the  discal  cell 

10.  Abdomen  with  four  ctmtiuuous  black  stripes sEtiUAX,  n.sii. 

Abdomen  not  striped 

11    The  black  facial  callosities  small,  not  converging  interiorly proclivus  ( K  S. 

The  black  facial  callosities  large,  converging  inferiorly;  dorsum  of  thorax  dis- 

HUBDUS  U.  ». 

tinctly  vittate 

Chrvsoi'h  excitans  Walker.  ,•..,,  fr. 

I  have  numerous  specimens  of  this  species  from  Washington,  where  it  seem^  o 
be  common,  with  others  from  Anticosti.  The  latter  have  no  reddish  yellow  on  the 
sides  of  the  third  abdominal  segment,  as  is  the  case  with  the  AN  estern  ones. 

Chrvsoph  mitis  ().  H.  . 

A  specimen  from  Montana  agrees  very  well  with  the  description  of  this  species, 

except  in  size  (;>  mm.). 

Chryhops  FuoAx  Osten  Sackeu.  ,        ..     „„  i 

Specimens  that  I  refer  to  this  species  I  have  from  Anticosti,  Massachusetts,  and 
North  Park.  Colorado.  Some  of  these  specimens  have  the  thoracic  polluiose  mark- 
ings and  the  pubescent  triangles  of  the  abdomen  well  indicated,  so  that  the  presence 
of  the  small  hyaline  spot  at  the  base  of  the  fifth  posterior  cell  -a  ^^^^^'f^^J^^f^'-- 
is  about  all  that  can  be  relied  upon  to  distinguish  it  from  C.  nuUs.  The  Colorado 
specimen  has  the  four  posterior  femora  largely  reddish  at  the  base. 

Chrvsops  iEHTUANs  v.  d.  Wulp.— Western  Kansas, 

Chbyhops  oallidus  Osten  Sacken. 

A  single  female  specimen  fr.mi  Washington  Territory,  I  am  unable  to  satisfac- 
torily distinguish  from  this  Eastern  species.  The  distal  part  of  the  costa  is  less 
distinctly  clouded,  and  the  cross-band  less  dark,  especially  posteriorly.  The  third 
and  fourth  abdominal  segments  are  less  dark,  leaving  only  a  pair  of  basal  triangles. 

ChBYHOPH    PKRTINAX,  n.sp.  ,.        -^l  I  •     • 

Female:  Length  5)11  mm.  Front  gray,  the  large  transverse  callosity  shming 
black  Face  light  yellow,  the  large  callosities  black,  broadly  coalescent  above  the  ora 
margin,  and  separated  from  the  shining  black  cheeks.  Antenn*  black,  slender,  first 
two  joints  reddish  at  base,  and  together  about  two-thirds  as  long  as  the  third  joint. 
Dorsum  of  thorax  black,  with  two  broad,  median,  anterior,  greenish-gray  stripes, 
limited  by  three  slender  brown  ones.  Abdomen  shining  black,  in  well-preserved 
specimens,  with  small  median  triangles  of  whitish  pubescence,  and  with  similar 


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pubescence  on  the  posterior  segment-*.  Legs  black,  the  four  pusterior  tarsi  a  little 
reddish  at  base.  Wings  with  dark-brown  markings,  tilling  out  two-thirds  or  more  of 
both  basal  cells,  the  cross-band  not  reaching  the  posterior  margin,  but  including  the 
base  of  the  fifth  posterior  cell.  The  apical  costal  spot  is  diffuse,  and  readies  only  a 
little  way  into  the  second  sul)mai:ginal  cell,  and  is  separated  from  the  cross-band  by 
the  hyaline  continuation  of  the  halo,  which  reaches  (juitc  to  the  eo>ta. 

Eight  specimens,  Wasliington  Territory.  In  some  the  legs  an-  more  brownish. 
The  species  ap[)roaclies  ('.  celcr  most  closely,  but  will  be  at  once  distinguished  by 
the  apical  costal  ch)ud,  and  by  the  less  bushy  gray,  not  fulvous,  pile  of  the  pleurif. 

Chrysoi's  mohcht's  Osten  Sacken. 

One  specimen  from  Cumberland  (rap,  ami  one  witliout  locality.  Tlie  latter  is  on 
the  same  pin  with  a  speciuien  of  ''.  /jimZ/ckn  Osteu  Sacken. 

Chkysoi's  fhazaiu,  n.sp. 

F'  iiHtli':  Lengtli  H  mm.  Front  yellowish  gray,  the  large  callosity  black.  Fner 
grayisli  yellowish  on  its  borders,  elsewhere  luteous  yellow  shining.  Antetuiie  elong- 
ate, the  first  two  joints  together  considerably  longer  than  tlie  third,  the  first  joint 
considerably  thickened:  first  joint  re  idish,  second  joint  redilish  brown,  tliird  Iflaek. 
Dorsum  of  thorax  blackish  brown,  with  four  very  distinct  yellow  nollinose  stripes. 
the  median  ones  remote,  slender,  broadly  interrupted  jjosteriorly.  and  contiguous  on 
the  fr«)nt  margin  with  the  broader  entire  lateral  ones.  I'leurie  l)rownish  black,  witli 
six  distinct  s]iofs  of  yellow  jioUen.  the  smallest  just  above  the  front  coxie.  Abdo- 
men dark  brown,  the  first  segment  with  two  small  yellow  pollinose  spots  on  each 
side,  the  ptjsterior  ones  obsolete;  second  segment  with  a  median  stripe,  the  large 
anterior  angles  reaching  the  whole  length  of  the  segment,  and  two  spots  liehind, 
the  next  three  segments  each  with  three  small,  more  or  less  confluent  spots  on  tlie 
hind  margin,  the  third  segment  with  an  additional  median  one  in  front.  Wings  al- 
most [Hire  hyaline,  with  distinctly  limited  dark-brown  markings  as  follows:  Anterior 
margin  to  the  apex  not,  or  but  faintly,  encroached  upon  in  the  marginal  cell  beyond 
the  cross-band,  the  extreme  base  of  both  basal  cells,  and  the  cross-band,  reaching  to 
the  hind  margin  at  the  tip  of  the  first  posterior  and  anal  cells,  leaving  a  liyaline  sinus 
in  the  fifth  ])osterior  cell  posteriorly.  Legs  luteous  yellow,  the  knees  and  more  i  r 
less  of  all  the  tibiie,  especially  of  the  hind  pair,  and  tarsi,  brown  or  blackish:  hind 
tibiiB  with  a  distinct  fringe  of  black  pile  outwardly.  Venter  dark  brown,  witli  two 
broad  yellow  stripes. 

One  specimen,  San  Domingo  ((i.  F.  Frazar). 

C'hbysops  SEciUAx,  n.sp. 

Female:  Length  8.5>mm,  Front  yeHowish  gray,  the  callosity  black.  Face  mostly 
black,  bare,  reddish  yellow,  the  callosities  more  or  less  black.  Antenme  elongate, 
slender,  the  first  joint  longer  tlian  the  second,  the  two  together  about  as  long  as  the 
third;  first  two  joints  yellowish,  the  third  almost  wholly  black.  I'alpi  yellowish  or 
brownish.  Dorsum  of  thorax  with  four  broad,  distinct  stripes,  the  lateral  ones  more 
yellow,  the  median  ones  greenish  yellowish  gray  and  separated  by  a  slender  stripe. 
Pleune  grayish  yellow  pollinose,  with  a  lon^,itudinal  black  stripe,  .\bdomen  yeilow. 
brownish  or  blackish  tlisfally,  with  four  distinct  black  sfriiies  reaching  from  or  near 
the  base,  the  lateral  ones  slender  or  partially  obsolete  anteriorly.  Scutillum  some- 
times yellow  on  its  border.  Ventor  yellow,  with  a  broad  median  and  a  more  slender 
lateral  black  stripe.  First  basal  cell  of  the  wings  wholly  tilled  out  with  brown,  the 
second  hyaline;  the  cross-band  reaches  the  hind  margin,  but  the  fiftii  jxisterior  cell 
is  largely  hyaline  at  its  base;  anal  cell  open;  wings  broadly  ch>uded  distally,  including 
nearly  all  of  the  second  submarginai  cell,  and  encroaching  upon  the  first  posterior, 
the  hyaline  arcuation  between  the  cross-band  and  spot  slender,  scarcely  transcending 


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the  second  longitudinal  vein.  Le^s  yellow  or  brownish  yellow,  the  knees,  distnl  part 
of  front  tibiii'.  tlieir  tarsi,  and  the  base  of  hind  femora,  black;  sonietimes  the  base 
ot  middle  fenK.ra.  the  tip  of  their  tibiie,  and  the  whole  hind  legs.  .  xcept  the  base  of 

the  tarsi,  black. 

Mali':  Black  abdominal  stripes  stronj^er  and  more  distinct,  the  median  <mes  more 
coalescent  on  the  first  and  anterior  part  of  second  segment;  the  wings  darker,  with 
tlie  second  basal  cell  almost  wholly  brown,  the  only  wholly  hyaline  portions  being  at 
the  outer  end  of  the  second  basal  cell,  encroaching  upon  the  base  of  the  fifth  poste- 
rior cell,  and  the  slender  crescentic  sp  >t  beyond  the  cross-band. 

Four  females  and  one  male.  Western  Kansas. 

Cukyhoi's  I'l.ANOENS  Wiedemann. 

Specimens  of  this  species  from  Georgia,  though  smaller,  agree  in  other  respects 
with  ones  from  Connecticut. 

Chrysops  soKDiDi's  Osten  Sacken. 

Two  specimens  of  this  species  from  the  White  Mountains,  while  agreeing  well 
with  th.3  description,  would  not  be  correctly  located  in  (^sten  Sacken's  table,  by  reason 
of  the  slight  infuscation  at  the  base  of  the  second  basal  cell. 

Chrtsoph  ctjcLux  Whitney,  Can.  Entom.  xi,  l^f). 

This  species,  (closely  allied  to  C.  sordidus,  according  to  the  author,)  I  do  not 
know. 

CiiRYSops  CUK8IM  Whitney,  Can.  Entom.  xi,  ;{«;. 

I  do  not  see  \f lerein  this  species  differs  from  C.  piidicus  Osten  Sacken. 

Chrysops  subdus  Osten  Sacken. 

Specimens  from  California  agree  very  well  with  the  de.scription,  but  others,  from 
Washington  Territory,  have  the  yellow  of  the  face  extending  to  the  oral  margin  in 
front,  and  the  grayish  stripes  of  the  thorax  extending  distinctly  the  whole  length  of 
the  dorsum.  The  third  and  following  abdominal  segments  have  a  narrow  posterior 
yellow  margin,  and  the  third  and  fourth  segments  have  each  a  median  stripe. 

Chrysops  proclivus  Osten  Sacken. 

Specimens  from  California,  Washington  Territory,  and  Mt.  Hood,  Oregon,  agree 
very  well  with  the  description. 

Chrysops  vuiaaster  Osten  Sacken. 

Num:  -ous  si)ecimens  from  Colorado  and  Montana  I  identify  with  this  species, 
though  there  is  some  variation  among  them.  In  the  Montana  specimen  the  second 
abdominal  segment  is  cliietly  blackish,  with  the  posterior  margin,  a  median  expan- 
sion, and  the  anterior  angles  yellowish.  In  the  males  the  segments  have  each  a  small 
yellow  median  posterior  expansion.  Osten  Sacken  omits  a  striking  characteristic  of 
the  species,  viz.,  the  thickening  of  the  first  antennal  joint.  Near  the  close  of  his  de- 
scription of  the  female,  "fourth  posterior"  should  read  fifth  posterior. 

Chrysops  disc  alis  Williston,  Trans.  Connecticut  Acad.,  iv,  24"). 

('hrysops  ('ostatus  Fabr. 

San  Doniingt).  Belongs  to  the  group  with  a  hyaline  spot  in  the  discal  cell;  it  has, 
also,  very  slender  antennie. 

Chrysops  paohyoera,  n.sp. 

Feniah-:  Length  8,  1)  mm.  Facial  caUosities  yellow  (probably  with  blackish  in 
some  specimens).  Front,  yellow;  the  callosity  shining  reddish-yellow,  somewhat 
margined  with  blackish  above.    Antenna}  elongate,  the  first  two  joints  together  longer 


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than  the  third;  first  j,)int  swolh-ii.  yi-lh.w;  <tcnu\  joint  a  littU.  darker:  third,  .xcept 
the  hnse.  Hack.  Dorsum  of  thorax  with  hrowish  v.-llow  polUii.  the  median  tremiiiate 
stripes  separated  l)y  a  shining  l.laek  interval  frc.in  the  more  veUow  lateral  inar^ins. 
Abdomen,  i  t.e  two  l.asal  segments  yeUow;  the  first  with  a  transverse  hlat-k  spot  below 
the  scut.llum.  the  second  with  two  oval  diverirent  spots,  and  toward  the  p(.sterior 
mart,'in,  on  the  outer  side,  with  a  small  rounded  spot:  third.  f(.urth.  and  fifth  seg- 
ment*  each  \,ith  four  ehm^rate  spots  (those  of  eaeh  lateial  pair  of  the  third  may  be 
coalescent  in  fr(mt).  not  reaching  the  hind  mar<rin.  Venter  with  a  broad  median 
and  a  slender  lateral  black  stripe.  Leys  yellow,  the  knees,  distal  part  of  front  tibia-, 
and  the  front  tarsi,  blackish.  First  basal  cell  infuscated  up(.n  its  basal  two-thirds, 
the  secin.d  on  its  basal  third:  the  cross-band  reaches  the  hind  margin,  leaving  a  small 
hyaline  space  in  the  fifth  posterior  cell,  the  discal  cell  not  lighter:  the  apical  spot 
tills  out  the  marginal  cell  completely,  .ind  reaches  int..  the  second  sub-marginal. 

Male:  Antenme  a  little  darker,  the  first  tw..  joints  not  as  long  together  as  the 
third,  the  first  joint  less  swollen.  Abdomen  i)lack.  the  narrow  lateral  margins  of  the 
anterior  segments  yellow,  extending  in  on  the  hind  margin  of  the  first  segment  and 
across  the  hind  margin  of  the  remaining  ones:  the  second,  third,  and  fourth  segments 
each  with  three  small  triangular  expansions  on  the  hind  margin.  Front  and  hind 
legs  chieHy  l.laflk,  the  middle  legs  chiefly,  and  the  base  of  the  hind  tarsi,  yellow. 
Wings  darker,  the  second  basal  cell  infuscated,  but  with  a  subhyaline  stripe  along 
the  middle;  discal  cell  with  a  subhyaline  spot. 

Three  specimens,  California:  The  diflTerence  in  the  antenme  and  the  hyaline  spot 
in  the  discal  cell  make  the  union  of  the  two  sexes  as  above  described'  somewhat 
doubtful.  The  species  is  allied  to  C.  fi>(i-asf,'r.  but  will  be  distinguished  by  the 
lateral  yellow  spots  on  the  abdominal  segments,  etc. 

H.K.MATOI'OTA. 
H.tMATOPOTA  AMERICANA  Osten   Sacken. 

A  specimen  from  California  has  the  four  posterior  metatarsi  with  only  a  vestige 
of  white  color  at  the  base,  but  otherwise  agrees  very  well  with  the  description, 
excepting  that  I  would  hardly  describe  the  first  antennal  joint  as  '-very  much  in- 
crassated."  The  wide  distribution  of  the  species  renders  it  prot)al>le  that  it  is  iden- 
tical with  Macquart's  H.  pmutulata  from  Carolina. 

TAHANTS. 

siiTi  KMK.NTAiiV   rAiii.K  iiF  >;i'Krii:s. 

1.  Eyes  pubescent j- 

Eyes  bare ,, 

2.  .-Vljdomen  with  definite  white  markings ;{ 

Aiidomen  without  definite  white  markings 1^ 

.^.  The  white  markings  of  the  abdomen  consist  of  a  single  row  f)f  triangles,  or  a 

median  stri]ie < 

The  white  markings  consist  of  two  or  three  rows  of  triangles  or  s[)ots 10 

Abdomen  brownish  reddish,  with  whitish  i.osterior  ixirders  to  the  segments. 

ANNULATUS  Say. 

4.  Wings  distinctly  spotteil  or  clouded  witli  brown r, 

Wings  witlKHit  distinct  clouds  on  the  cross  virins:   prevailing  coh)r  of  antenna- 
black;  dark  species sodalis,  n.  sp. 

").  Very  small  species;  abdomen  with  a  whitish  stripe  and  incisures  (San  Domingo.) 

PAKvuiiUS,  n.  sp. 
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<>.  Antt'iinii'  red;  veins  of  wings  clouded ' 

Antennn'  largely  black '•> 

7.  Frontal  callosity  nearly  s(niare;  annulate  portion  of  third  joint  short..  Fi'u.  n.  s|>. 
Frontal  callosity  very  narrow;  annulate  portion  of  antennie  very  long. 

ruuiiint'K  Wied. 

t*.  First  posterior  cell  closed:  front  reinarkal>ly  narrow audomin.vi.ih  Fahr. 

First  posterior  cell  open !' 

y.  Abdominal  triangles  of  moderate  size kxui-  ( >.S. 

Abdominal  triangles  large siiLcitKoNS  Macij. 

10.  The  lateral  spots  of  the  abdomen  touch  the  hind  margin 11 

The  lateral  spots  do  not  touch  the  !  ..id  margin;  small  species \^^ 

11.  Middle  sized,  elongate  species okacilik  Wied. 

Small  species:  third  antennal  joint  broail 1- 

1'-'.   Frontal  callosity  not  denutled i'V(HtfA;rH.  n.  sp. 

Frontal  callosity  denuded si'AKtis  Whitney. 

I'A.  Basal  part  of  third  joint  liroad pumilus  Macii. 

Basal  |)art  of  third  joint  narrow;  darker fuatellus,  n.sp. 

14.  Wings  nearly  hyaline .eokotus  O.  S. 

Wings  brown  in  front  ( San  Domingo) fknestka.  n.  sp. 

l.'>.  Abdomen  black,  without  red  on  the  sides 1<> 

Abdomen  more  or  less  broadly  red  on  the  sides 17 

It).  Abdominal  segments  with  a  narrow  hind  border  of  whitish  dust  and  pubescence, 

expanding  into  median  triangles sequax.  n. sp. 

Abdomen  without  grayish  borders  or  triangle;  thickly  pilose,  thick-set  species. 

PKOCYON  O.S. 

17.  Palpi  dark;  abdomen  red  with  a  median  black  stripe. Meoeri.ei  Wied. 

Palpi  light  yellow 18. 

18.  Prevailing  color  of  antenna-  red:  front  convergent  anteriorly.. .  .comastes,  n.sp. 
Prevailing  color  of  antennie  black 11>. 

19.  Front  gray phsnops  O.  S. 

Front  brownish sonomensis  O. S. 

The  following  species,  published  since  the  appearance  of  ( )sten  Sacken's  catalogue, 
I  do  not  know: 

Tabanus  SUPEK.IUMENTARIUH  Whitney,  Can.  Entom.  xi,  37.     New  Hampshire. 

Tabanuh  dodoi:i  Whitney,  Can.  Entom.  xi,  H7.     Nebraska. 

"Eyes  pubescent;  ocellar  tubercle  wanting;  abdomen  brown,  with  two  broad  white 
stripes  of  subequal  width  with  the  space  between.     Wings  hyaline,  12-14  ram." 

Tabanus  aliiYni  Marten,  Can.  Entom.  xv,  110.     North  Carolina. 
Eyes  bare;  abdomen  broadly  yellow  on  the  sides;  l.'i  mm. 

Tabanus  tetricus  Marten.  Can.  Entom.  xv.  111.     Montana. 

A  Therioplectes  of  the  group  of  T.  ihombicus,  with  denuded  subcallus. 

Tabanus  frenchii  Marten,  Can.  Entom.  xv,  111.     Montana. 

A  Therioplectes  allied  to  T.  microcephalus  apparently.     The  black  face  with  white 
hair  is  rathei-  peculiar. 


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Tabani'h  huhhrruh  Marten,  Can.  Entoni.  xv.  111.     Montana. 
Evidently  allied  to  /'.  i-lmitihifus  ['rhiriiiplefffs.) 
A.     Eyes  puliescj'ut.  TH Kh'K H'LKCI  ES. 

Taiun<s  akfims   Kirhy. 


'Iahanis  HEt^uAx.  n.sp. 

Female:  Lenj^tli  14-K',  mm.  Front  of  ue;iily  (-.(Uiil  width,  l)Vo\vnisli  with  l)lack 
pile:  callosity  scjuarisli  or  snbcoidute.  black:  extending  above  into  a  line:  sul)calliis 
not  denuded.  Antenna- wholly  deep  black,  the  annulate  portion  of  the  third  joint 
about  three-tifths  as  long  as  the  basal  portion:  angle  obtusely  projecting.  Face 
gray,  with  whitish  pile.  Palpi  grayish  black,  witli  black  hair.  Dorsum  of  tiio.ax 
grayi?h  black,  with  rather  abundant,  mostly  black  pile,  and  two  not  very  distinct 
grayish  strijjcs  anteriorly:  a  tuft  of  white  pile  on  the  post-alar  callosities.  Pleura- 
with  white  pile.  Abdomen  black,  the  segments  with  a  narrow  hind  border  of  whitish 
dust  and  pubescence,  interrupted  on  each  side  of  the  small  metlian  triangular  ex- 
pansion. Legs  black,  the  base  of  four  anterior  tibia-  faintly  reddish.  Wings  hyaline, 
the  cross-veins  and  furcation  of  third  vein  with  small  but  distinct  brown  clouds. 

Three  si)ecimens,  Mt.  Hood.  Oregon.  The  eyes  in  this  species  are  distinctly  pu- 
bescent, and  the  vertex  has  a  partially  denuded  tract,  though  I  cannot  distinguish  any 
ocellar  tubercle. 

TaBANUS    tOMASTEH.  U.Sp. 

Female:  Length,  14  IC,  mm.  Face  yellowish-gray,  with  similarly  coh)red  pile. 
Palpi  moderately  stout.  yeUow,  with  b!'«ck  hairs.  Antennse  red,  the  annulate  portion 
black,  the  basal  joints  more  or  less  blackish:  basal  portion  broad,  a  little  Umger  than 
the  annulate  portion,  the  angle  moderately  projecting.  Front  convergent  anteriorly, 
yellowish  or  grayish-brown,  with  black  pile:  callosity  nearly  stjuare.  black,  subcallus 
denuded,  shining  black:  ocellar  tubercle  distinct.  Ut»rsum  of  thorax  grayish  brown- 
ish black,  with  fulvous  pubescence  and  black  pile:  ante-alar  callosity  reddish.  Pleurse 
gray,  with  grayish  pile.  Abdomen  black  in  the  middle,  expanding  anteriorly,  and 
on  the  fifth  and  following  segments:  bri.adly  yellowish  or  brownish  red  on  the  sides; 
the  posterior  margins  of  the  segments  (expanding  a  little  in  the  middle  of  the  an- 
terior segments)  lighter  yellow,  with  a  fringe  of  golden  pile.  Venter  yellowish  red, 
black  distally.  Legs  black,  the  base  of  the  front  tibiie.  and  the  four  posterior  femora 
distally.  their  tibia^  and  tarsi  (except  their  brownish  distal  parts),  reddish  yellow; 
hind  tibia'  black  ciliate.     Wings  nearly  hyaline. 

Mule:  The  basal  portion  of  the  third  antennal  joint  narrower,  more  excised  above, 
and  with  the  angle  more  drawn  out.     Eyes,  thorax  and  legs  more  thickly  pilose. 

Five  females  and  one  male  from  Washington  Territory  and  Mt.  Hood.  Oregon. 
The  species  resembles  T.  hifiiophthnlmus,  but  will  be  at  once  distinguished  by  the 
absence  of  brown  clouds  on  the  wings.  The  black  -an  the  second  and  third  abdomi- 
nal segments  might  better  be  described  as  forming  two  rounded  or  (juadrate  spots: 


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on  the  fourth  the  black  is  more  extensive,  and  on  the  fifth  there  may  be  some  reddish 
as  well  as  the  lateral  margins. 

Tabanuh  cinotoh  Fabricius. 

This  species  is  common  in  Connecticut,  and  is  very  conspicuous  by  reason  of  the 
l)right  yeUow  basal  part  of  the  abdomen.  Biiron  Osten  Sacken  rather  incorrectly 
describes  the  color  as  yellowish  red. 

Tabanus  Reinwaeutii  Wiedemann. — ^Western  Kansas. 

Tabanus  Megeklei  Wiedemann. 

The  possession  of  two  specimens  of  this  species  in  good  condition,  from  Florida, 
enables  me  to  give  a  more  complete  description,  as  follows: 

Female:  Length  IT -20  mm.  Antennsw  deep  red,  the  annulate  portion  of  third 
Joint  blackish,  the  angle  of  the  third  joint  produced  into  a  long  slender  process. 
Face  yellowish  brown,  with  brown  pile.  Front  brown,  below  the  callosity  yellowish 
white,  of  nearly  equal  width;  callosity  nearly  black,  scarcely  higher  than  broad. 
Palpi  yellowish,  clothed  with  black  hairs,  giving  them  a  brownish  appearance.  A 
patch  of  black  pile  at  the  denuded  vertex.  Eyes  distinctly  pubescent.  Dorsum  of 
thorax  brownish-black,  reddish  on  the  sides,  with  fulvous  pubescence  and  indistinct 
grayish  stripes.  Pleura?  black,  somewhat  reddish  in  the  middle,  with  black  pile. 
Abdomen  yellowish  red;  a  broad  black  stripe,  obscurely  narrowed  on  the  second  and 
third  segments,  the  lateral  margins  also  black;  the  fulvous  portion  has  fulvous 
pubescence  in  front,  whitish  pubescence  and  pollen  ')ehind.  Venter  yellowish  and 
brownish  red,  with  abundant  silvery  pollen  and  pile.  Legs  dark  reddish  brown,  the 
femora  more  blackish.  Wings  brown  on  the  proximal  part,  the  cross-veins  and 
furcation  of  third  vein  with  dark-brown  clouds. 

Tabanus  insue-^us  Osten  Sacken. 

A  single  specimen  from  North  Park,  Colorado,  agrees  so  closely  with  the  descrip- 
tion of  this  species,  that  I  have  little  or  no  doubt  of  the  identity,  notwithstanding 
the  difiference  in  locality. 

B.  Eyes  bare,  Tabanus. 

Tabanus  tuubidus  Wiedemann. 

A  female  specimen  from  Alabama  is  evidently  of  this  species,  but  the  angle  of 
the  third  antennal  joint  is  distinctly  drawn  out  into  a  point. 

Tabanus  fkonto  Osten  Sacken. 

A  female  from  Florida,  evidently  of  this  species,  is  nineteen  millimeters  in  length, 
the  abdomen  is  largely  blackish  posteriorly,  and  the  tirst  posterior  cell  is  closed. 

Tabanus  abuominalis  Fabricius. 
Tabanus  exul  Osten   Sacken. 

Speciuiens  of  th  •  above  two  species  from  Kentucky  and  Virginia  leave  no  doubt 
of  the  propriety  in  separating  them  on  the  frontal  width  and  the  open  tlrst  posterior 
cell. 

» 

Tabanus  suldifhonh  Macquart  {tectns  O.  S.") 

Two  specimens  from  Louisiana  agree  with  the  ones  described  by  Osten  Sacken 
from  Texas  in  having  the  abdomen  flattened,  and  with  a  white  spot  on  the  sixth 
segment.     One  of  them  measures  only  l.'i  mm. 

Tabanus  keoedens  Walker  (T.cah'natus  O.  S.  non  Walker.) 

Although  it  is  a  sad  commentary  on  justice  to  recognize  or  give  preference  to 
Walker's  name,  yet  I  do  not  think  it  feasible  to  retain  the  name  T.  catenatus  O.  8., 


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and  thus  infract  two  decided  laws   In  zo.,i(,irical  nomenclature.     I  have  taken  flu- 
males  in  Connecticut  several  times  while  feeding  on  Cirsinn. 

T.vBANUs  mei,ano(;eka.s  Wiedemann. 

To  a  single  specimen  from  Georgia  Wiedemann's  description  applies  well,  but  a 
number  of  other  specimens  from  Florida  differ  in  their  less  hyaline  wmgs,  in  the 
presence  of  small  but  distinct  brownish  clouds  on  the  cross-veins,  and  u  dark  brown 
border  to  the  stigma.  They  would  be  brought  to  T.  ))ioh'fiti's  Say  by  ( )sten  Sacken's 
table,  but  that  they  are  not  this  speci?s  is  evident  from  the  coarctatf  tirst  i>osterior 
cell  and  the  presence  of  large-sized  triangles  on  the  second  abdominal  segment. 
The  color  of  the  thoracic  dorsum  is  also  often  more  reddish  in  the  Florida  speci- 
mens. 

Tabanuh  nicjkescens  Palisot  Beauvois.— Virginia. 
Tabnaus  ^gkotus  Osten  Sacken. 

I  have  several  males  and  females  of  this  «pecies.  from  Oregon  and  California, 
varying  in  length  from  17  to  28  mm.  The  head  of  the  male  is  large  and  convex,  but 
the  large  and  small  facets  are  not  distinctly  separated,  or  very  different  in  size. 

Tabanus  punctiflb  Osten  Sacken. 

All  my  specimens  (California.  Washington)  of  this  easily  recognizable  species 
have  the  lirst  posterior  cell  coarci.ite.  as  in  some  specimens  of  T.  sti/fiins,  which  I  have 
from  as  far  west  as  Kansas. 

Tabanus  oioanteus  Degeer. 

This  species  I  observed  in  extraordinary  abundance  at  Vandalia,  111.,  in  the  aarly 
part  of  September,  causing  much  worry  and  annoyance  to  stock  in  the  woodlands. 
I  have  it  also  from  Florida. 

Tabanus  sodalis,  n.sp. 

Female:  Length,  1").  1«  mm.  Brownish  black.  Abdomen  with  a  single  row  of 
conspicuous  white  triangles:  wings  without  distinct  clouds  on  the  cross-veins;  third 
joint  of  antennie  red  at  the  base:  tirst  posterior  cell  not  coarctate;  eyes  bare. 
Abdomen  rather  broadly  oval;  second,  third,  and  fourth  segments  each  with  a  large 
white  triangle,  expanding  from  a  narrow  posterior  border,  largest  on  the  second,  the 
fifth  with  only  a  small  whitish  spot,  the  tirst  with  a  small  but  distinct  one.  A'enter 
dark  brown,  liroadly  whitish  pubescent  and  pollinose  on  the  sides  and  the  narrow 
posterior  borders.  Pali)i  whitish,  with  minute  black  and  white  hairs.  Face  and 
front  yeUowish  white,  the  former  with  yellowish  white  )>ile.  Frontal  caUosity  nearly 
black,  squarish,  above  it,  and  sepj^rated  from  it.  a  slender  bare  si>ot:  front  of  nearly 
eciual  width.  Antenna'  black,  the  third  joint  red  at  the  base,  the  upper  angle  mod- 
erately projecting,  forming  about  a  right  angle,  the  annulaled  porth)n  about  two- 
fifths  of  the  entire  length.  Dorsum  of  the  thorax  grayish  brownish  black,  the 
ante-alar  callosity  re^i;  pollinose  stri[ies  moderately  distinct.  JiCgs  dark  brown  or 
black,  the  base  of  the  tibi:r  more  or  less  hUeous  or  redilish.  Wings  tinged  witli 
brownish,  more  distinctly  so  in  tiie  neigborhood  of  the  stigma. 

This  species  is  nearest  related  to  Z'.  coffcntHs.  but  will  be  at  once  distinguished 
by  the  presence  of  four  bright  green  narrow  horizontal  stri[>es  on  the  purple  back- 
ground of  the  eye.  From  T.  mnlr^tns  and  T.  friiiiacuhtfus  the  large  triangle  on  the 
second  abdominal  segment  will  readily  se[)arate  the  species. 

Tabanus  fuk,  n.sp. 

Female:  Length  17  mm.  Abdomen  with  a  single  row  of  white  triangles;  wing 
cross-veins  distinctly  clouded  with  brown:  legs  red,  the  tarsal  joints  a  little  darker; 
angle  of  third  antenual  joint  not  produced. 


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Resembles  T.  recedens  Walker,  bu ;  is  smaller;  the  annulate  portion  of  the  third 
antennal  joint  is  shorter,  not  or  scarcely  a  third  of  the  lens^thot'  the  joint:  the  dorsum 
of  the  thorax  is  lij^hter  colored,  the  markings  less  distinct,  the  i>ile  of  the  pleurse 
less  abundant,  the  abdomen  lighter  colored,  etc.  The  abdomen  is  ferruginous  red. 
with  a  single  row  of  rat'  .  narrow  triangles:  it  is  attenuated  posteriorly,  but  less  so 
than  in  T.  rcceilen/i.  Wings  tinged  with  brownish,  the  veins  broadly  iind  diffusely 
elouded  with  brownish,  the  cross-veins  very  distinctly  clouded  with  brown:  first  ]>os- 
terior  cell  coarctate.  From  T.  turhidus,  under  which  it  would  be  sought  for  inOsten 
Sacken's  table,  and  witli  which  it  might  perhaps  be  liest  compared,  tii  nearly  square 
frontal  callosity  and  the  short  annulate  portion  of  tlie  third  antennal  joint  will  im- 
mediately separate  it.     Two  specimens,  Florida. 

Tabanus  spakuh  Whitney,  Can.  Entom.  xi.  H>s. 

This  species  is  closely  allied  to  T.  initnilus.  and  only  by  a  careful  examination  is 
one  able  to  distinguisli  it  in  the  dried  si)ecimens.  I  have  a  number  of  specimens  of 
T.  spani.f  from  Connecticut  and  Massachusetts.  (  July  1.)  and  three  of  T.  piiDiifus 
from  Indiana.  In  all  of  the  former  the  lateral  whitish  spots  of  the  second  and  third 
abdominal  segments  are  broadly  contiguous  with  the  hind  margins,  while  in  tl>e 
latter  they  form  on  all  the  segments,  small,  oval,  isolated  spots.  .Most  distinctively 
characteristic  of  tlie  two  species,  however,  are  the  color-markings  of  the  eyes,  as  I 
can  ct)rroborate  from  the  revivilication  of  my  dried  specimens.  T.  puiiiilHN  has  two 
bright  green  stripes  on  purple  ground,  while  in  T.  Kpio-us  the  eyes  are  wholly  light 
green  with  a  pur])le  reflection. 

TaBA'UH    FKATELIiUK,  H.Sp. 

Fe)nale:  Length  8-0  mm.  Abdomen  with  three  series  of  isolated  spots;  wings 
hyaline:  antennjv  narrow;  small  species. 

Palpi  slender,  white,  with  minute  black  hairs.  Face  grayish  white,  with  white 
pile.  Front  brownish  gray,  convergent  anteriorly:  callus  nearly  square,  black,  with 
a  larger,  shield-shaped,  shining  spot  above  it.  Anteanie  blackish  brown,  the  basal 
portion  of  third  joint  sometimes  reddish  brown,  narrow,  only  a  little  wider  at  base 
of  non-annulate  portion,  the  angle  feebly  indicated.  Thorax  grayish  black,  with 
three  well-indicated  larrow  gray  stripes;  pleurre  gray,  with  whitish  pile.  Abdomen 
black,  with  well-marked  whitish  hind  borders  to  the  segments;  segments  two-five  each, 
with  three  small,  rounded,  transverse,  whitish  spots.  Venter  with  grayish  dust,  and 
posterior  whitish  hind  borders  to  the  segments.  Legs  black,  the  base  of  front  tibire. 
and  the  most  of  the  four  posterior  tibite  yellowish;  four  posterior  tarsi  brownish. 
Wings  hyaline,  stigma  brown;  first  posterior  cell  open. 

Two  specimens,  Washington  Territory.  The  species  closely  resembles  T.^iioiulus, 
but  is  darker,  and  the  antennre  a»'e  much  narrower  at  the  base  of  the  third  joint, 
with  the  angle  feebly  indicated. 

Tabanuh  gkacilis  Wiedemann,  Auss.  zweifi.  Ins.  i,  l.'ifi.  71:  Osten  Sacken,  Cat.  Dipt., 
note  81,  p.  228. 
I  recognize  this  species  in  a  number  of  specimens  from  Florida.  They  agree 
well  with  Wiedemann's  description,  except  in  the  color  of  the  antcnniv,  which  are 
either  wholly  red,  or  with  tlie  annulate  portion  brown.  Tlie  slenderness,  pale  but 
distinct  brown  clouds  on  the  veins  of  the  wings,  and  general  light  color  —  lilac-red- 
dish throughout,  will  distinguish  it.  Oi'ten  Sacken.  from  an  examination  of  the 
faded  type.  com[)ared  tiie  species  with  his  7'.  loitijifs.  From  the  description,  indeed, 
it  seeias  to  be  nearly  related  to  that  species,  though  differing  in  the  lighter  color, 
and  brownish  clouds  on  the  wings.  The  lateral  spots  of  the  abdominal  segments,  in 
all  my  specimens,  reach  distinctly  to  the  hind  margin,  the  only  thing  that  prevents 


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the  species  being  brought  to  T.  longus  in  Osten  Sacken's  table, 
of  tiic  abdomen  is  bvownish-red.     Their  length  is  12,  13  mm. 


The  prevailing  color 


Tabanus  pycjm^uh,  n.sp. 

Female:  Length  (5  mm.  Third  antennal  joint  broad  oval,  not  angulated,  anuii- 
lated  portion  short;  frontal  callus  not  denuded;  tibiii'  light  yellow  at  base.  Front 
rather  broad,  not  narrowed  anteriorly,  cdlosity  wanting  or  not  denuded,  in  color 
light  grayish  yellowish.  Face  yellowi.-h  white,  with  white  pile.  Palpi  white,  not 
slender,  with  white  hairs.  Antenna-  brownish  red,  the  third  joint  short,  basal  portion 
large,  only  a  little  longer  than  b^oad,  gently  convex  below  and  obtusely  angulated  in 
the  middle  above;  annulate  portion  very  short,  not  a  third  the  length  of  the  joint. 
Thorax  grayish  brown,  with  three  slender  lighter  stripes.  Abdomen  light  chocolate 
brown,  with  a  large,  oblique,  posteriorly  contiguous  t  riangle.  and  a  less  distinct  median 
triangle  on  the  segments,  grayish  yellow-sh.  Legs  black,  the  base  of  the  four  anterior 
tibi*  whitish  yellow,  hind  tibia^,  excep*^  the  tip,  and  the  base  of  the  four  posterior 
tarsi,  yellow,  the  remainder  of  these  tarsi  brown.     Wings  hyaline,  stigma  brownish. 

One  specimen,  Florida.  The  eyes  appear  to  be  in  life  green  on  the  upper,  purple 
on  the  lower  portion. 

TABANU.S    I'ARVULUS,  11.  S|J. 

Female:  Length  7  mm.  Front  narrow,  parallel;  base  of  third  antennal  joint  red; 
abdomen  with  a  median  stripe,  and  the  incisures  light  yellowish:  tibia'  yellow  at  base; 
wings  with  dark  brown  clouds  on  the  cross  vein^'. 

Frontal  callosity  black,  a  little  higher  than  broad,  wi.h  a  slender  prolongation 
above.  Antenna-  red,  the  first  joint  and  the  annulate  portion  black,  the  latter  nearly 
as  long  as  the  base  of  the  joint,  basal  portion  not  broad,  obtusely  angulated.  Face 
yellowish  gray.  Thorax  yellowish  gray,  the  dorsum  with  three  broad  reddish-brown 
stripes.  Abdomen  brown,  tlie  segments  with  distinct  narrow,  light  yellowish  hind 
margins,  dilated  in  the  middle  into  an  uninterrupted  narrow  stripe,  reaching  from 
the  base  of  the  abdomen  to  the  seventh  segment.  Legs  brownish  black,  the  base  of 
the  tibiiv,  including  a  third  of  the  front  and  two-thirds  of  the  hind  pair,  yellow,  the 
base  of  four  posterior  tarsi  likewise  yellow.  Vt'ings  nearly  hyaline,  the  narrow  front 
border,  becoming  broader  and  more  diffuse  on  the  apex,  brownish:  all  the  cross- 
veins  with  narrow  but  strong  l)rown  clouds:  sec<md  submarginal  cell  appendiculate. 

<^'  >  specimen,  San  Domingo.  Singularly,  the  palpi  are  entirely  wanting  in  my- 
spe^.imen,  J'-jugh  there  is  no  indication  of  the  specimen  having  been  injured. 

Tabanus  fenkstka,  n.sp. 

Female:  Length  VA  mm.  Black;  front  narrowed  anteriorly;  thorax  chocolate 
brown;  all  the  tibia-  light  yellow;  wings  hyaline,  the  anterior  and  outer  part  brown, 
the  latter  with  hyaline  streaks. 

Front  yellowish  gray,  much  narrowed  anteriorly;  the  callus  small,  ()val,  continued 
above  as  aline:  subcallus  partly  denuded.  Face  grayish  yellowish,  with  whitish  pile. 
Palpi  black,  second  joint  short  and  thick.  Antenna-  brownish  red,  the  basal  joints 
and  annulate  j)ortiou  darker:  basal  portion  of  the  third  joint  not  very  broad,  the 
angle  not  salient.  Dorsum  of  thorax  chocolate  brown,  more  or  less  grayish  pollinose. 
pleuriv  with  black  hair.  Abdomen  brownish  black,  with  grayish  bh)om.  Middle  and 
hind  femora  dark  brown,  front  femora  brownish;  all  the  tibite  light  yellow,  the  hind 
pair  sonivwhat  infuscated  at  tip;  front  tarsi  light  reddish  yellow,  posterior  pairs 
darker.  Wings  subhyaline  brown  along  the  front  part  and  at  the  tip:  in  the  mar- 
ginal and  submarginal  cells  with  light  streaks;  second  submarginal  cell  appendicu- 
late. 


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San  Domingo.     The  eye^i,  as  restored,  show  two  horizontal  green  stripes  on  a 
g'eenish  purplish  background. 

'J  ABANUS    ANNULATtIS    Say. 

A   specimen   from   Louisiana  agrees  very   well    with    Wiedemann's  description, 
though  it  does  not  have  the  dark  abdomen  as  Say  describes. 


METEOROLOGICAL  SIMMARY   FOR  THE  YEAR  ISSr,. 

^rUEPAREI)    HY    I'ROF.    V.    H.   SNOW,    OK    THK    INIVERSITY   of     KANSAS,    FliOM    UB.sEHVA- 

TION'8    TAKKX    AT    LAWRENCE. 

The  year  188(5  was  marked  by  an  excessively  cold  January,  a  long,  hot  summer,  a 
dry  atmosphere,  light  winds,  and  clear  skies.  But  the  most  remarkable  cliaracter- 
istic  of  the  year  was  the  very  light  rainfall  of  its  second  half.  Dp  to  the  1st  of  July 
the  rainfall  was  only  1.75)  inches  below  the  average,  but  for  the  remainder  of  the  year 
there  was  ".  deficiency  of  \).'2?>  inches,  the  total  pr'.'cipitation  being  less  than  half  the 
normal  amount.  Altliough  the  total  rainfall  was  much  less  than  in  any  previous  year 
of  our  record,  the  copious  rains  o''  the  first  six  months  secured  good  crops  of  wheat 
and  half  crops  of  corn  in  the  dist.icts  most  seriously  affected  by  the  drouth. 

TEMPERATUBE. 

Mean  temperature  of  the  year  r)2.!H)°.  which  is  .04°  ah'tve  the  mean  of  the  eighteen 
preceding  years.  The  highest  temperature  was  105°.  on  .\iigust  lOth;  the  lowest  was 
18°  below  zero,  on  the  !)th  of  January,  giving  a  range  of  123°.  Mean  at  7  a.  m.,  47.13°; 
at  2  P.M.,  ()2.1(i°;  at  '.»  p.m.,  51.28°. 

Mean  temperature  of  the  winter  months  23.83°,  which  is  5.88°  below  the  average 
winter  temperature;  of  the  spring  54.57°,  which  is  .!M)°  above  the  average;  of  the 
summer  76.80°.  which  is  .96°  above  the  average;  of  the  autumn  57.17°,  which  is  3.35)'^ 
above  the  average. 

The  warmest  month  of  the  year  was  July,  with  mean  temperature  79.54°;  the 
warmest  week  was  August  11th  to  17th.  mean  8().93°;  the  warmest  day  was  August 
16th,  mean  90.62°.  The  mercury  reached  or  exceeded  90°  on  53  days,  (13  more  than 
the  average  number.)  viz.:  two  in  May,  three  in  June,  twenty-one  in  July,  eighteen 
in  August,  and  nine  in  September.  There  were  five  days  on  which  the  te'jperature 
exceeded  100° — one  in  July  and  four  in  August. 

The  coldest  month  was  January,  with  mean  temperature  14.32°:  the  coldest  week 
was  January  6th  to  12th.  mean  temperature  .61°  below  zero;  tlie  coldest  day  was 
January  8th.  mean  12.75°  below  zero.  Tlie  mercury  fell  below  zero  on  16  days,  of 
which  10  were  in  January.  3  in  February,  and  3  in  December. 

The  last  hoar  frost  of  spring  was  on  April  27th;  the  tirsf  hoar  frost  t>f  autumn 
was  on  October  1st;  giving  an  interval  of  155  days,  or  over  5  months,  entirely  with- 
out frost.     This  '.a  precisely  the  averag'.'  interval. 

The  last  seve  -e  frost  of  spring  was  on  April  5th;  the  first  severe  frost  of  autumn 
was  on  the  27 fh  of  Octolier:  giving  an  interval  of  203  days,  or  nearly  7  months,  with- 
<mt  severe  frost.  The  average  interval  is  198  days.  No  frosts  during  spring  and 
autumn  caused  damage  to  crops  of  grain  and  fruit,  but  the  low  temperatures  of  Jan- 
uary were  universally  destructive  to  peach  buds. 

BAIN. 

The  entire  rainfall,  including  melted  snow,  was  24.25  inches,  which  was  11.02 
inches  below  the  annual  average.     Eithe/  rain  or  snow,  or  both,  in  measurable  quan- 


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